Device for handling currency or the like.



W. MOORE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING CURRENCY OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.20, 1913.

1,096,936, Patented May 19, 1914.

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WILLIAM MOORE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING CURRENCY OR THE LIKE.

;, Si ate of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling Currency or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for handling currency or the like and one feature thereof is the provision of a card holder or rack for conveniently holding a set of check or bill separating cards of the character illustrated in my copending application,

filed Oct. 25, 1912, S. No. 727,699, for dis-- play machines.

Another feature is the provision of a set of such cards, so marked as to-form a suitable index having the characteristics hereinafter explained to expedite the handling of currency.

A further feature is the construction and arrangement of the holder to facilitate the spreading out of the cards, thereby partially separating the bills or checks and also disclosing the marks of the index.

A still further feature is the peculiar method which characterizes the use of my improved device, which method, however, may be carried out by other means than those herein illustrated and described.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is a plan vlew of my improved device, the same being illustrated with a series of checks or bills in place between the index cards. Fig. 2, is a vertical section along the line IIII of Fi 1, but showing the cards in separated relation. Fig. 3,

is a face view of two of the index cards.

Referring to the drawings, the holder comprises a block 2 supported in inclined position by means of a brace member 4 having legs 6, these legs having secured thereto a plate 8 having its upper portlon spaced from the member 4 for forming a pocket for temporarily receiving and holding cards and bills as desired. Upon the top face of the block 2 and at the side ed es thereof is secured a pair of strips 10 w ich are angular in cross section for the purpose of forming guideways 12. At the lower ends of the strips 10 and block 2 is secured a plate 14 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 20, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914. Serial No. 796,251.

in inclined position at approximately right angles to the block 2, this plate forming a rest against which to support the cards when placed in the holder. Operating along the guideways 12 toward and from the plate 14 1s a card spreading member comprising a block having a base portion 16, the ends of which are retained in the guideways, and an inclined card or bill engaging portion 18, the space between said portions being bridged by a web 20 constituting a hand grip portion whereby the block may be operated. A plate 21 is secured to the block 2 and provided with a horizontal extension projecting past the lower edge of the plate 1 1 for the purpose of steadying the holder against any tendency to rock in that direc tion.

, The holder is adapted to be used in connection with a pack or series of cards 22 having the alternately rightand left notches 24 and the perforations 26, the same as the cards of my display device as described in my copending application above identified,

so that the same cards may be used interchangeably in either device. The guide strips 10 are spaced :1 distance apart just equal to the width of the cards 22 so that the latter will be supported upon the face of the block 2 while the bills or checks 28 being handled, will be supportedupon the strips 10. With the cards and bills or checks thus arranged, the spreading member will slide by gravity along the guides and rest with its cards engaging or bill engaging portion 18 in li ht engagement with the lower edge of the first card 22 as illustrated in Fig. 1. If now the spreading member be forced further down along the guideways, the first card will be fulcrumed around the lower edge of the following bill or check 28 into engagement with the lower end of the next card 22, swing the latter around the lower edge of the following bill or check as a fulcrum, and so on until sub stantially the whole series of cards are spread or fanned out in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. This enables the operator to withdraw easily in a lateral direction, the desired number of bills or checks and at the same time renders the data or index marks on the several cards readily discernible without further manipulation.

For the handling of currency, each card 22 is marked so as to constitute an index of the denomination of the bills being handled,

for example, $5 as illustrated in Fig. 3. Each card is also marked to designate its order in the pack, as 8 and 25 in the case of the two cards shown in Fig. 3. One of the upper corners of each card is also marked to show the aggregate value of the bills which precede it in the pack, as 40 and 125 in the illustration given, where the total number of cards is assumed to be fifty. I will also provide each card with a number showing the aggregate value of the bills following the card in the pack as, 210 and 125. Every fifth card also has one of its upper corners 30 colored slightly different from the remainder of the card so that the pack is divided into subdivisions of five cards each, thus further facilitating the separation of a number of the cards and bills from the pack. By means of this index matter, bills aggregating a given value may be readily separated from the pack. The first bills may be separated by merely finding the card with the given amount, and after the first bills are removed, other bills of any given value may be separated by merely adding the value of the bills desired to the value designated by the first of the cards in the pack which still hold bills between them and finding the card with the total thus indicated. It will be seen also that since the aggregate value of the bills between any two of the cards in the pack is represented by the difference between the aggregate values shown on said cards, these aggregate value numerals may be utilized by merely subtracting the lesser from the greater to check the correctness of the separation of a number of cards with their corresponding bills from the pack. In the lower margin of each of the cards is provided a notch 32 designed to be engaged by a rubber band, not shown, when placed around a pack of the cards and bills.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a device for handling currency or the like embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, and I wish it to be understood that while I have illustrated and described one embodiment of the same I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described but reserve the right to make all changes falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A combined holder and card index for bills or the like, comprisin a support for engaging the bills at one si e edge thereof,

.a series of index cards for separating said bills and pro ect1ng out past the supported edges thereof, and means for fulcruming said cards about said supported edges of the bills.

2. A'combined holder and card index for bills and the like, comprising a block having a pair of raised side portions for engaging the bills at one side edge thereof, a series of index cards for separating said bills and projecting below the supported edges thereof and between said side portions of said block, and means operating along the face of the block between its side portions and pressing against the lower ends of said cards to fulcrum the same about the supported edges of the bills. e

v 3. A combined holder and card index for bills or the like, comprising an inclined block having a pair of raised side portions for engaging the bills at one side edge thereof, a series of index cards for separating said bills and projecting below the supported edges thereof and between said side portions of said block, and a spreader member operating along the top face of the block between its side portions, said member having a face inclined to the face of said block and operating when forced against the lower ends of said cards to fulcrum the same about the supported edges of the bills.

4. A combined holder and card index for bills or the like, comprising a block having a pair of raised guideways on its upper face engaging said bills at one side edge thereof, means for supporting said block in an inclined position, a series of index cards for separating said bills and projecting below the supported edges thereof, and a spreader member operating along said guideways and held by gravity normally in engagement with the lower edges of said cards, said member being provided with a face inclined to the face of said block and acting when forced against the lower ends of said cards to fulcrum the same about the supported edges of the bills.

5. A card index for currency, comprising a series of cards for separating bills of a given denomination, said cards being consecutively numbered and each having a number representing the denomination being handled and two numbers representing respectively the aggregate values of the bills contained by the index at opposite sides of said card.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM MOORE.

Witnesses:

OHAs. W. GERARD, G. Y. 'Irroarn. 

